The Taken

Jonathan Quinn, Book 16

By: Brett Battles

Narrated by: Scott Brick

New York Times best-selling author Brett Battles delivers another suspense masterpiece in one of the year's most riveting international espionage thrillers.

The world thought Dmitri Melnikov was dead.

Especially Quinn. Why would he have believed otherwise, since the bomb intended for Melnikov had nearly killed Quinn and several members of his team?

But Melnikov is not dead. He has been taken by someone who wants to shut him up. And the former chess champion isn’t the only one who has been abducted.

US Intelligence can’t do anything about it. Not officially, anyway. The risk of causing an international incident is too great. What the agencies can do is ask someone who’d been there when Melnikov was kidnapped to do something for them.

It’s not a normal mission for Quinn and his friends, and the chances they’ll all survive are slim, but this one is personal. So how can they say no?

If you enjoy action-packed international espionage crime thrillers with high-stakes suspense, surprising plot-twists, and a cast full of unforgettable characters, then join millions of fans who love Battles’ novels and start devouring your next great listen The Taken now!

©2023 Brett Battles (P)2024 Audible Inc.

Finally

Story had both good pacing and action. Kind of left things hanging towards the end. i’m hoping we don’t have to wait quite so long for the next addition of this series. this has become one of my favorite over the past few years.

Good story

Good story and characters as usual. They do the impossible without doing impossible things to do it.

Quinn Is Finally Back

I have missed Quinn and was happy to see this book released. It was a fast paced, entertaining read. I’m not sure I buy the premise of the Russians just locking up the dissidents forever considering all of the real-world accidents Russian dissidents seem to have, but that is just one of the small things to take with a grain of salt. I do think Jar’s skills are over the top, but any reader will know this book isn’t intended to be realistic. Overall, I enjoyed the book, but I hope the Quinn series gets back to him and Nate doing more cleaning jobs. I think that is what made this series unique. I also would prefer less Jar and Orlando in future stories.

I hadn’t heard from Quinn in a while.

I have all the books in this series. It’s been awhile sense there was another story almost forgotten the whole dynamic of the team.

Good plot

Brick was way too emotional as usual for my taste. He should keep it to only when called for.